Er Consultant - Bournemouth, United Kingdom - Allianz UK

Allianz UK
Allianz UK
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Bournemouth, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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ER Consultant
Are you interested in Employee Relations and looking for a new role in a growing team? Fantastic, we have something that might pique your interest

A new opportunity has just become available and we're looking for an ER Consultant to join our team.


About Us:

In the UK, Allianz Insurance employs over 8,000 people up and down the country.

The company's Head Office is situated in Guildford, Surrey, plus we have additional support services with over 1,000 people based in Trivandrum, India.

We offer commercial insurance with a full range of products for sole traders, right up to large commercial organisations.

We also provide a range of personal insurances including, home and motor, musical, legal expenses insurance and cover for pets and horses.


We're a global company, but from the very first day you join our team you'll know that your contributions are valued.

We offer world class learning and career development opportunities, while we celebrate an inclusive culture.


Role Details:

This is an exciting time for us, as we look to enhance our Employee Relations centre of expertise to support the provision of specialist expertise across the whole of Allianz Holdings UK, including Allianz Personal, Commercial and Shared Services (circa 8500 colleagues in more than 30 UK and Republic or Ireland locations


Responsibilities will include:

  • ER delivery operationalising the short and longterm ER and wider HR strategy, ensuring alignment with business strategies and goals, and helping the business serve its customers better
  • Case management providing expert and timely guidance, advice and coaching to people leaders to help them confidently and independently manage a wide range of ER matters (eg investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, DSARs, appeals, flexible working requests, underperformance and ill health situations)
  • ER Toolkit ensuring standardised ER tools, templates and processes are appropriate and accessible for the effective management of ER activity by all stakeholders, HR and line managers
  • Risk management identifying exposure to risk, advising on risk mitigation to minimise risks materialising
  • Data management maintaining accurate and up to date records for each ER case, in line with GDPR retention and deletion rules. Analysis of data from multiple systems and sources to produce insight to identify learnings and opportunities to influence business decision making and strategies
  • Relationship management develop effective relationships with the business to promote good employee relations across all parts of the AZH business. Leverage relationships with People Partners and People Consultants to understand business strategy and challenges to find ways to support the business with their ER matters
  • Union and ECF relations maintain effective working relationships with Union Reps and the Employee Consultative Forum (ECF), to facilitate the effective and timely resolution of case and local issues
  • Policy being a source of knowledge on multiple terms and conditions and people policies able to advise HR colleagues and business stakeholders
  • Regulatory responsibility implementing our obligations in regards to SM&CR conduct risk reporting by providing accurate case data to the SM&CR conduct risk reporting process and panel and ensuring reportable breaches are notified to employees when applicable
  • Responsible for processing invoices in relation to external legal spend always ensuring maximum value for money
  • Continuous improvement contribute to the wider HR team focussing on driving continuous development and improvement of the function, making us 'future fit'.

Skills and Experience:


  • Previous exposure to generalist HR or line management /operational environments, ideally advising in a complex, multisite environment with multiple sets of terms and conditions, policies and procedures
  • Employee Relations case management experience and the ability to coach people leaders of all levels whilst balancing a busy case load
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills can communicate complex information simply and can adapt style and tone accordingly, ability to confidently lead or codeliver line manager upskilling and training in person and remotely
  • Strong analytical ability the skills to analyse data and statistics and transform this into insights to feed continuous improvement and decision making
  • Attention to detail, especially in regard to accurate ER record keeping.
  • Organisational change delivery experience (e.g. TUPE/Redundancy consultations).
  • Commercially savvy
- looks broader than just the people aspects. Ability to think commercially and pragmatically, with consideration of risk appetite, when analysing problems or recommending solutions/options to meet business needs

  • Sound and balanced judgement when assessing and advising on the severity of employment relations issues
  • Ingenious looks for opportunities to
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